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SAUDI ARABIA 27/07/2016 Saudi-Spanish rail deal soon under arbitration Growing disagreement between the partners in the Mecca-Medina high speed rail line project threaten to expose all of the behind-the-scenes players involved in the 2011 deal. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 27/07/2016 Al Shugeir has friends in high places Close to some of the biggest European defence groups, commercial agent Abdullah Al Shugeir is trying to put himself centre-stage in Riyadh with the help of Al Essa technocrats. [...]
QATAR 27/07/2016 Gulf Helicopters helped Italian deal in Doha The Qatari company Gulf Helicopters may have helped the Italian [...]
EUROPE 13/07/2016 IS deploys Caucasian agents The attack in Istanbul on June 28 is understood to have been carried out by Chechen Ahmed Chataev. His involvement shows that as well as being fierce fighters in battle, the Caucasian members of Islamic State are also useful for external operations. [...]
FRANCE Arab World 13/07/2016 Defence deals on hold until elections Mohammed bin Zayed, the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates, has told several people that although an order for [...]
SYRIA 13/07/2016 Syria-Italy cooperation growing Mohammed Dib Zaitoun, the head of Syria’s National Security Bureau, [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 13/07/2016 Mohammed bin Salman Mohammed bin Salman, the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia, [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 29/06/2016 Fahd Bin Turki Al Saud Fahd Bin Turki Al Saud, the commander of Saudi Arabia's [...]
SAUDI ARABIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 29/06/2016 Behind the scenes of Emirati withdrawal Feeling betrayed by Riyadh and tired of supporting military a government it does not like, after lengthy behind the scenes negotiations, Abu Dhabi has decided to withdraw its troops from Yemen. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA FRANCE 29/06/2016 Bin Salman disappoints French Saudi Arabia's deputy crown prince and defence minister Mohamed bin Salman poured cold water on French hopes during his visit [...]
LEBANON EUROPE 29/06/2016 Iskandar Safa v Tsipras, round 2 The Franco-Lebanese Iskandar Safa, owner of Hellenic Shipyards (HSY) in [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 15/06/2016 Naval chief Sultan on way out According to our sources, Admiral Abdullah bin Suntan al-Sultan appears to be headed for the door as Saudi Arabia's naval [...]
Spotlight UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED STATES 01/06/2016 Power struggle flares between RAK princes A number of corporate intelligence and lobbying firms are centre stage in a struggle for power in Ras al-Kaimah, one of the smallest members of the United Arab Emirates. Oussama el-Omari, the former managing director of the Ras al-Khaimah Free [. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 01/06/2016 Abdullah Al Qarni Abdullah Al Qarni, the deputy director of the General Investigation [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 01/06/2016 Alsalam enters the Salman era Alsalam Aircraft, which was established during the Sultan bin Abdulaziz era to handle local offset contracts associated with Saudi Arabian aeronautical deals, is adapting to the new order in Riyadh. [...]
Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA 18/05/2016 Gulf gripes delay deals on F18, F15 Despite the appearance of consensus between Barack Obama and Gulf leaders during the US president's visit to the region in April, there are a growing number of areas of disagreement between them and these are having a direct impact on [. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 18/05/2016 IS tests intelligence services While Mohammed bin Salman has been in the limelight, interior minister Mohammed bin Nayef has been busy dealing with the ever-evolving Islamic State threat against Saudi Arabia. [...]
RUSSIA 04/05/2016 Moscow makes plans for future in Syria Russia is quietly imposing its diplomatic and military will on Damascus. [...]
FRANCE 04/05/2016 ODAS urgently sits tight ODAS, the French defence export agency dedicated to Saudi Arabia, [...]